From fresh tomatoes and chilies

Tomatoes season is here! Tomatoes are everywhere, and they’re very cheap, you can buy them for only IDR 3K-5K per kg in the market, don’t you wonder how much are they from the farmer? Some say they’re less than IDR 1K per kg from the farmers! Ahhh, poor farmers 😦

Tomatoes are cheap, but that doesn’t mean manufactured bottled tomatoes sauce’s price decreasing or becoming cheaper, so I guess while the tomatoes are cheap, why don’t we make our own tomatoes sauce?

We can save a little money and homemade tomatoes sauce is definitely healthier than the manufactured ones. So let’s buy a bunch of tomatoes and turn them into a fresh, healthy, and delicious sauce!

Musim tomat telah tiba! Tomat mudah ditemui dimana-mana dengan harga yang sangat murah. Kita dapat membeli tomat satu kilogram seharga 3000-5000 rupiah saja. Kebayang ga harga dari petaninya berapa? Katanya harga satu kilogram tomat dari petaninya langsung kurang dari 1000 rupiah, bahkan ada yang 300-500 rupiah!

Tomat sedang murah, bukan berarti harga saus tomat pabrikan otomatis menjadi lebih murah, jadi mumpung harga tomat sedang murah, yuk kita buat saus tomat sendiri!

Mudah, jauh lebih murah sehingga kita dapat menghemat sedikit uang, dan yang pasti saus tomat buatan sendiri jauh lebih sehat daripada buatan pabrik kan? Jadi mari kita beli tomat dan buat saus tomat sendiri! 🙂

Ingredients/Bahan :

  • 500 gr tomatoes/tomat
  • 10 cloves of garlic/siung bawang putih
  • 100 gr red chilies/cabe merah (optional, you can add them more or less, or not at all/bisa lebih atau kurang atau tidak pakai cabe merah sama sekali)
  • 3-5 tbs granulated sugar/gula putih
  • salt as needed/garam seperlunya
  • 250 ml water/air
  • 1 tsp cornstarch or all-purpose flour/maizena atau tepung terigu
  • White vinegar as needed/cuka seperlunya (if you think tomatoes are not sour enough/hanya kalau merasa tomat kurang asam)

Instruction/Cara :

  1. Boil tomatoes in a saucepan, just until the skin cracked and easy to peel (Picture 1). Drain them and don’t throw away the water, just leave the water in the saucepan to be used.
  2. Peel the tomatoes and chop them roughly. Chop the garlic and red chilies also, put them back into the saucepan and boil them again until soft and all the water is gone (Picture 2).
  3. Leave it to cool completely.
  4. Put it into a blender, and blend it until smooth. Strain it, so you will get a smooth thick liquid (Picture 3).
  5. Put it back into the saucepan, season it with salt and sugar and vinegar if needed and then dissolve the cornstarch/all-purpose flour into 2 tbs of water and mix it with the sauce.
  6. Bring the sauce to boil (Picture 4).
  7. Leave it to cool and put it into a jar or a container, and ready to be served.
  8. Enjoy! ❤
  1. Rebus tomat dalam panci, sampai kulitnya pecah dan mudah dikupas (Gambar 1). Tiriskan dan jangan buang airnya, tinggalkan saja air di panci untuk digunakan nanti.
  2. Kupas tomat dan cincang kasar. Potong bawang putih dan cabai merah juga, masukkan kembali ke dalam panci dan rebus kembali sampai lunak dan semua airnya hilang (Gambar 2).
  3. Biarkan hingga dingin.
  4. Masukkan ke dalam blender, dan blender sampai halus. Saring, untuk mendapatkan saus yang lebih halus (Gambar 3).
  5. Masukkan kembali ke dalam panci, bumbui dengan garam dan gula dan cuka jika perlu dan kemudian larutkan tepung jagung / tepung terigu ke dalam 2 sdm air dan campurkan ke dalam saus.
  6. Didihkan saus (Gambar 4).
  7. Biarkan hingga dingin dan masukkan ke dalam stoples atau wadah, dan siap disajikan.
  8. Selamat menikmati! ❤
Serve it with all your favorite savory snacks

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